Corn-header.



H. C. BROWN CORN HEADER.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO-, 7, 191|.

Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED Dno.7,1911.

Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

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APPLIUATION FILED DEQ. 7, 1911.

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HENRY C. BROWN, OF FAIRVIEW, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR T BROWN KAFFIR CORN HEADER CO., 0F FAIRVIEW, OKLAHOMA.

CORN-HEADER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 7, 1911.

Patented Feb. 1913. serial No. 664,443.

' To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,- HENRY C. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairview, in the county of Major, State of OklahomaI` have invented `certain new and useful Improvements in CoinHeaders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in- Vent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in corn headers, adapted more particularly for Kar corn.

An object of this invention is the provision of an agricultural implement of the type above described which will efficiently cut a plurality of rows of corn and convey the same into a wagon or the like which is adapted to travel adjacent the machine.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a machine in which the mechanism is operated by the driving wheels thereof and which by suitable clutches may be thrown into or out of engagement with the said wheels as desired.

Still another object of this invention is the provision of a corn header which em-` ploys the use of a sickle and a conveyer, and means for transferring the corn from adjacent the sickle to the said conveyer.

A 4.further object of this invention is the provision of an agricultural implement of the character described which is -to,be propelled by a plurality of horses hitched to the rear thereof, the said machine being of such nature that all of the operating part will be located in advance of the horses an the operators platform, from which the steering wheel can be controlled to guide the machine by an operating lever which extends above the said platform.

. A still further object of this inventionis to improve and simplify devices of this character, rendering them comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, reliable and eficient `in use and readily operated. l

With the above and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formations, combinations and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of my invention with the reel mechanism omitted. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional View taken on the line 4:*4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. l, and Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional View taken on the line 6--6 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, throughout the several views by similar characters of reference, the numeral l0 designates generally my improved corn header. This corn header comprises a main supporting tongue 11 which has connected to its forward extremity a supporting frame 12 comprising Lipper and lower longitudinally extending bars 13 and 14. which have interposed therebetween .transversely extending bars 15 secured in any suitable manner to their adjacent sides. The bars 14 have secured to their under sides bearings 16 which sup ort the front axle 17 upon the opposite en s of which are located the front or drive wheels 18. The rear end of the tongue 11 is provided with a transversely extending groove 19 produc` ing a lower bearing face 2O which extends from the shoulder 21 to the end thereof and upon which rests the double tree 22. A plate 23 rests upon the upper side of the tongue 11 adjacent the shoulder 21 and is formed with a depending rib 24 connected with the said tongue by means of boltsor screws 25 and resting upon the bearing face '20. A platform 26 is secured to the plate 23 and tongue 11 by a bolt or other suitable fastening device 27, while the rear end thereof is similarly connected to the tongue by means of a fastener 28. lA bolt 29 passes through the plate 23 and platform 26 and engages an openin or recess 30 formed in the ton ue 11, exten mg through the bearing sur ace 20 and ivotally connects the double tree to the said) tongue. An upwardly extendin arm 31 projects from the rear extremity o the plate 23 and is bent at its upper terminal as at 32 to pass between a pair of ears 33 formed upon a sleeve 34 which ears, and bent -portion are npertured as at 85 to receive a king bolt 36, the-lowerend of which their rot-ation will be moved vertically,

exten-ds through apertures 37 formed anI ear 38 carried by a sleeve 39 similar to the sleeve 34 and through an ear 40 formed'upon the rearmost end of a plate 4l which is connectedto the underside of the tongue 1]. by the fastener 25 and a 4similar device 42,

the head of which is countersunkto lie flush with the bearing surface 20, so'as lnotto interfere with thenecessary swinging movement ofthe double tree 22.-

' A pair of angle bars 43 are located in the sleeves 34 and. v239 and are held against displacement therein by bolts 44.V rllhe lower ends of the angle bars 43 are odset-sat 45` 'to produce a pairI ofspacedA arms 46'between which is' journaled a guide wheel 47 which is rotatable upon a supporting shaft 48 mounted in bearings 49 secured to the laterally projectin'g'iianges'O of the angle A the'bars 43 to which it is secured and 'has adjustably held upon its upper end a collarK bars-43'. A vertical shaft. 51 extends from v5 2 which is provided with laterally'extending projections 53 to which4 is attached an operating lever 54 which extends above the platform 26 and provides a means tor steering the machine. A pair of brackets 55 are Asecured to the bars13 and are preferably. U-shaped to engage the 'opposite sides and .30

upper faces thereor". The bights of .these U-shaped members are formed with cylindrical extensions 56 which are reduced as at 57 to produce shoulders from' 'whichl project spaced parallel vertically extending threaded rods 58 which have located upon their upper terminals caps 59 fromv which extend braces 60 secured at their lower terminals to the rear ends of thebars v13 as indicated. The rods 58 have by the numerals 61. 'threadedv thereon sleeves 62' which upon thereon. Collars 63 are rotatable upon the sleeves 62 for vertical movement't-herewith and are held against .any undesired dis-- placementv by .keys 64 `which projectinto the .bores of the collars 63 and into the 4cir-` ycumscribing grooves 65 formed intermediately of the ends of the sleevesf. The collars 63 have extending from the inner sides thereof internally threaded socketed projections 66 which receive the oppositoly l threaded ends ofthe supporting rod 67 which is connected by means ota-clevis 68 to a beam lever 69. Obviously upon the r0- tation oi the sleeve 62 the shaft V67 will be moved vertically, and the forward end of the beam lever elevated asf desired.

shaped bracket 70 is secured to the tongue 11 in advance ofthe platform 26 and is formed .with a vertically extending sleeve El in which ,is secured thexlower end of a vertical rack bar 72 formed upon its rear side with teeth 73 for a purpose lobe-later disclosed. The rear end of the lover bca-n1 '691s formed with a vertical channel 74 1nthe opposite end of' thefaproh- 93.

which is located the bar 72. The beam 69 and bar 72 are held in engagement by a pair of 'plates 75 which are secured tothe opposite sides'ot the'beam adjfatljat the side of' the channel 74 while' a spring 'pressed pawl' 7 5l is pivoted to the handle 760i theleve'r beam 69 for engagement'with the rack teeth 73. This handle' 76 is supported by the" located opposite side shafts vS4' and 8 5. The

'plates 75. .Obviously/as the handle'76 is soffof which is secured byl'atorally'projecting y ,ba-'rs 81-,a supplemental side bar S2 to which are secured journal boxes 83, inwvhich-.are

.shafts 84 and 85 have keyed thereon at their i opposite ends beveled pinions 86 and S7- which mesh Withbeveled pinions SS-an'd'SS):

keyed to the 'rearends of a pair ot' shafts i90 and 91 the latter of which isoperatively connected to a roller 9:2 for effecting the'rotation of thel latter and over which vrollenAv I :passes an endless conveyer apron which has' la secured .to its outer faccia plurality `off, transverse slats'and 'a pair of longitudinal reinforcing strips .disposed -at .each side lof the apron.- A' roller 96-is journaled be-f`. C

tween the bars 79 and 80 in spacedrelationf;

from the roller 92 and forms afsuppo't for shaft 90 has secured to its forward v.terIn111 rI ja disk 97 which has extending eccentrically therefrom a. wrist 'pin'98. This wrist pin i Y' pin 100 carried'by the adjacentend Yof' 'sickle bar 101 .which ismount'ed for oscillatio'n between apair of spaeed gui'lesIlOQ. The' upperofA the guides' 102 isprovided with the usual guard fingers 103 which cooperate with the cutting blades 104 upon the oscillation of the sickle b ar :lOllandse'rve to sever thestalks of corn at any desired'heightI` controlled by the lever beam 69. Ubviously upon the rotation ot' Athe shaft 84 the sickle bar 101 will be operated through the medium of theshaft 9 0, disk 97'.3 p itinan' 99 and wrist pins 9S and 100.

A sprocket wheel 105`is vrotatable u'ponthe-f shaft S4 and is held against any undesired' longitudinal movement thereon in thefdirection of t-he pinion SG by means ot a collar 100 which is adjustably connected to the said shaft 84 by means of aset screw'lOT.

The sprocket wheel 105lias extending from 'i isv inner face a sleeve 108:.Whi'ch surrounds the shaft 84 and is provided upon its inner end with a plurality of clutch 'teeth 109 which are adapted to engage the clutch teeth l110 formed upon a sleeve 111 keyed upon the shaft 84 for rotation therewith and also for longitudinal movement thereon. `A collar 112 is secured to the shaft 84 adjacent the' inner boxing 83`While a spring 113 surrounds the shaft 84 between the inner ends of the collar 112 and clutch sleeve 111 and servesto normally force the teeth .109 and 110 into engagement. The sleeve 111 is formed with a circumscribing groove 114 which engages a yoke 115 provided intermediate the ends of the operating layer 116. This lever 116 is pivoted as at 117 to the upper side of the bar 79 While the opposite end thereof is connected by a chain or other suitable flexible member 118 to an loperating rod 119 which passes. through a guide 120 to a lever 121 pivoted as indicated by the numeral 122 to the plate 75. Ast-rap 123 surrounds the lever 121 and serves to pre.

vent any undesired rocking movement thereof, While this said lever has attached there- 'on a spring pressed pawl 124 which engages a toothed segment 125, the engagement therewith being controlled by a hand lever 126. The sprocket wheel 105 is operatively connected with a sprocket Wheel 127,

secured to one of the drive wheels 18, by a chain 128 which serves upon the movement ofthe machine to cause the rotation of the lbefore described shaft 84. The opposite ends of the bars 79 have projecting there- 'from standards 129 which have projecting vforwardly from their upper terminals-a. pair of supporting bars 130 which are connected by a bar 131 and braced by braces 132, 133 and 134. Bearings 135 are secured to the `forward ends of the bars 130 and have 'ournaled therein and connectingv the said ars 130 a shaft,136 upon which are provided a pair of hubs 137 from Awhich extends a plurality lof radially disposed arms 138 which arejconnected at the -opposlte sides of the machine to each other by braces 139and a plurality of plates or fan blades 140. A beveled pinion 141 is secured to the shaft 136 while the tijacentbearing 135 is extended upon opposite sides of the pinion 141 to p loduce'bf1=rings 142 in which is journaled adrive shaft`143 'which has keyed toits forwardl end a pinion 144 Whlch mesheswith the pinion 141 and serves to drive the shaft136 and cause the blades 140 to revolve therearound. A bearing 145 is mounted upon the adjacent standard 129 and has journaled therein a shaft 146 which is connected to the shaft 143 by a knuckle joint 147. The rear end of the shaft 146 has Vkeyed thereon a sprocket wheel 148 which is connected through the medium of a chain 149 to the sprocket wheel 150 which is fixed to the rear end of the shaft 90 adjacent the beveled pinion 89. Obviously upon the rotation of the shaft 84, the sickle bar 101 will not alone be operated but also the shaft 136 and blades 140 connected thereto. The operation of these blades 140 serves to fan `the cut corn upon the conveyer apron '9 3 whence it will be carried to the end thereof and be deposited in a wagon or the like which is driven adjacent the side of the improved corn header. 4

The shaft 85 is provided -with a sprocket wheel 151 similar tothe before mentioned sprocket wheel 105.` A sleeve 152 extends from the inner side'of the sprocket wheel and is provided with a plurality of clutch teeth 153 which engage similar teeth 154 located upon a sleeve 155 which is keyed to rotate with the shaft 85 and also for longitudinal sliding movement thereon. The shaft 85 has adjustable thereon the pair of collars 156 and 157 which are located adjacent the outer ends of the sprocket 151 and clutch sleeve 155 respectively, the former serving to limit the longitudinal movement `4of the sprocket 151 and the lattev jto engage one end of a spring 158 which contacts with the adjacent en d of the sleeve 155 and yieldingly forces the teeth 153 and 154 normally into engagement. The sleeve 155 is provided ivith va circumscribing groove 159 which engages'a yoke 160 supported or formed upon a lever 161 which is pivoted as` indicated by the numeral 162 toone end of the bar 79. The opposite end of the lever 161 is connectedto one end of achain 163 which passes through a support 164 for engagement with a'pulley 165 which serves to prevent any friction, and guides the said chain into engagement with'an operating rod 166 located 1n a guide .167 secured to the beam 69 adjacent the similar before described guide` 120. The rear end of the rod 1'66 is attached to an operating lever 167 pivoted to the beam 69 upon the opposite side to the lever 121. This lever 167 carries a pawl 168 which engagesla segment 169 similar to the segment 125, while this said pawl is moved from engagement with the teeth of the segment 125 by an operating hand lever 170. Obviously when the lever 167 is operated the clutch teeth 153 will be disengaged, and the shaft 85 disconnected from the adjacent drive wheel 18 to' which it is connected hy a chain 171 which passes over the sprocket wheel 151 and a sprocket wheel 172 similar to the sprocket wheel 127 mounted on the opposite -drive wh'eel 18. A gear wheel 173 is keyed to the shaft 91 and serves through the medium of a gear wheel 174 keyed on the roller 92 to drive the conveyer apron 93 as will be apparent from an inspection of the drawlnv.

is the machine is propelled to engage two rows of corn it will be apparent that the dirait animaslswili be permitted to Weit; between the rows and the Wagon into which the eut corn is to be deposited by the eenveyei' Wiiibe drawn between the next ad: jacent row's slightly in the reni of the outting attachment foi' the machine. it Should be unc'ieretooii intbis connection that vai-ious mine-1' changes in the details of construevtion and arrangement oit the parts can be resorted to within the Scope of the appended caims Without departing' from or sacrifieA ing any of the advantages of `the invention.

From the foregoing diSe-osures taken in connection with the accompanying' drewsaid .f1-eme? e beam having one end prou vided with means for detachabiy engL N said mel( wbeieby said end of tbev beam may be adjusted vertically, e. freine supported on avid be' si, thi'eadeoi stendaide suppoxte on the fir,- named ifi-aune in spaced relation to the farli? intel'ioi'ly ti'aieaded seei'es engaged on :eid standards whereby the fotze tion ot' the sieeves Wii move Sinne iongitw dineiiy of the standards, and connections Seme# thi.: glement may be ostine flor ve cents each; 'by effi-essing 'the eimizeeianeir Petemta,

WashingtonE il v es and second. named freine y ment et the sleeves on the stende' 'sie mii be limparted to the seid seeond named frame.

2. The combination. in e Cie-vice such as described, oit a tongue, i ine caii'ied thereby, .vheeis supporting lsaid freine and tongue, means foiguiding the frame, `e bea-m adjustable upon seid frame, n supporting frame upon the beun'i., shafts jeun nailed at the opposite ends of' the twine, sprockets located pen the shafts, Sprockets carried by the whees, Chains Connecting' the Sprockets elutchesg, ioeulted upon the shaft foi' engugingsaid sprockets, means for opeiating the clutches, a conveyer mounted in i the frame, means for operatively connecting the conveyer with' one of the shafts, a slekle supported by the twine, ineens for opera- Ltively eonneeting the sickle With'the 'otbei of the. shaft, a shaftvjouinzi-ledv above the sickle, means foi* suppniting the Suid shift,

blades1 supported by tie sbii't for transfen ring the eut staiks from the Siekie to the eenveyei and ineens to? iotatebiy connecting the binde Simpoi'ting shaft withone et the treme sila?, i

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